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Mar 21, 2012
03/12
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We Came From Waters
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Topics: Gothic, Gothic Rock, Alternative, Indie, Darkwave, We Came From Waters, afmusic
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81K
Feb 13, 2010
02/10
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Emerald Park
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Exactly 15 months after the first publication of their successful album "For Tomorrow" on Valentine’s Day there will be a re-release in the form of a '2010 edition'. This free downloadable version of the album contains all the 12 songs and further more 2 new tracks: "Obscured by Lies", which also was featured on the 'afmusic #50' compilation and the previously unreleased song "Satellite" as bonustrack.
Topics: Alternative, Electronic, Electro, Darkwave, Gothic, Indie, New Wave, Wave, Rock, afmusic
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1.5K
Mar 29, 2012
03/12
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Neon Zoo
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Info: "Heaven Sin is bound to be one of the alternative anthems of 2005" Kaleidoscope magazine Neon Zoo's sexy, innovative blend of electronic beats, guitars and velvety vocals are set to take the alternative scene by storm. Their story began when accomplished musician and songwriter, Rick Alexander, decided to start pushing musical boundaries. With a love of dance and all things techno, and a solid background in guitar-based rock he began to create a new, addictive genre and make it...
Topics: Alternative, Electronic, Electro, Darkwave, Gothic, Indie, Newwave, Rock, Industrial, afmusic, Neon...
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1.4K
Oct 21, 2011
10/11
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Dead United
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From their journeys into the world of terror, Dead United brought a record contract, written on human skin and their current work "The Chainsaw Chronicles" a unique jewel of horror punk. "The Chainsaw Chronicles" is like brushing your teeth with maggots, is like scratching your back with a chainsaw, is like wearing a pullover made of barbwire. All in all punk rock, which makes your hair stand on end. Raw creatures - risen out of horror movies - board the stage: mummies,...
Topics: Punk, Horrorpunk, Alternative, Rock, Dead United, afmusic
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Sep 19, 2008
09/08
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Spinefish
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Fool’s Paradise Revisited, the latest recording, is a kind of Spinefish’s renovated anthology. It consists of 13 pieces of 2003-2007 that were recorded with the style and sound that the band has developed to date. During the years of musical activity Moonling Io and his Spinefishers have grown very experienced and sophisticated in making music and performing it on stage. Extravagant, passionate music… And obviously beautiful.
Topics: Darkwave, Alternative, Indie, Gothic, Wave
19,550
20K
May 6, 2008
05/08
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Plastique Noir
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Urban Requiems (Extended) is the digital re-release of the originally 2007 released EP, containing now 4 re-recordings from Offering and 4 new songs. Unique in the style in Fortaleza , the Plastique Noir (black plastic, in french) embraces the name of the bag used to store dead bodies in morgues. The music, gloomy but pleasant to dance, involves bodies and minds carrying them to an intensive experience with their english-written lyrics which evocates the myths and facts of horror, morbidness,...
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Topics: Gothic, Gothic-Rock, Post-Punk, Death-Rock, Industrial, Darkwave
1,499
1.5K
Feb 10, 2011
02/11
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Lotus Feed
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The Band Lotus Feed was originally founded in 1995. Followed by several line-up changes, founding members Alex (vocals) and David (drums) met guitarist Marten and bassist Lars, who completed the band in 2009. Ever since the band emerged as an insiders’ tip of the cologne oldschool-goth and post punk scene. Different in appearance and musical preference, the band members are influenced by the same roots: Bands like Joy Division, The Cure, Bauhaus, Killing Joke they all grew up with. So the...
Topics: Gothic, Gothic-Rock, Post-Punk, Death-Rock, Batcave, Coldwave, Darkwave, Wave, Indie, Alternative,...
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49K
Jan 24, 2012
01/12
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Emerald Park
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After the great international success of their album "For Tomorrow" (2008), the solo-albums of guitarist Daniel Jönsson (Danish Daycare "A Story Of Hurt" 2009) and Singer Tobias Borelius ("Du känner mig för väl, farväl" 2010) EMERALD PARK from Mälmö announce their comeback with the download-single "Reality Bites / Someone To Love" in a spectacular way. The expectations will be high, because "For Tomorrow" "...neither needs embedded...
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Topics: Alternative, Indie, Rock, Pop, Wave, New Wave, Darkwave, Emerald Park, afmusic
89,089
89K
Oct 21, 2011
10/11
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Dead United
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Topics: Punk, Horrorpunk, Alternative, Rock, Dead United, afmusic
571
571
Jul 31, 2016
07/16
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M!R!M
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As a little foretaste next to the video of “Deep Throat”, M!R!M serve their previous EP “Enjoy Your Sorrow” as little appetizer, to shorten the wating time for their fans and those, who want to become one, as a free download.
Topics: afmusic, alternative, post punk, gothic, indie, rock
399
399
Jan 16, 2021
01/21
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The Silence Industry
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Less than 2 years after the release of "A Song for Bad Sectors" the Silence Industry returns with "Where Red Flowers Bloom", a 6 track EP comprised of 5 new, intricately crafted songs and one drone remix. Diverse influences collide into a singular dark sound that can only be described as tsi; at once stark and overwhelming.
Topics: the silence industry, aenaos records, netlabel, rock, goth, post-punk, noise, neo-psych, prog
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11K
Mar 20, 2008
03/08
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Curious
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Primary Curious was intended as a short-lived cover project. Formed in summer of 1999 in Bielefeld, Olli (vocals), Suzie (drums) and Moci (bass) interpretate songs of their icons The Cure, OMD and The Chameleons. After all the label Genetic Music was concerned in a collaboration. In winter 03/04 the debut album "The Intimate Stranger" was recorded and published in July of 2004. 3 and a half years later the band own some live experiences and the first edition of the debut now is solded...
Topics: Darkwave, Alternative, Electro, Electronic, Indie, Gothic, Wave
Source: CD
390
390
Nov 27, 2021
11/21
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Shearer
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Released November 26, 2021
Topics: Shearer, Aenaos Records, Alternative Rock, Punk, Rock
684
684
May 3, 2010
05/10
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Degrees
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In the darkest woods in Sweden theres a smalltown named Tranås and behind all fur coats, gossip girls and dramas stands Degrees a timorous two-man band featuring Mikael Jacobson (The Trick, Late Night Conversations) & Rickard Folke (Boygirlme). For the moment the story about Degrees is short, but hopefully it will grow like everything else important does. M.J. and Rickard met in the year 2001 and has been friends ever since. With the same love for music and both stuck in a crazy small town...
Topics: Degrees, afmusic, Pop, Indie, Gothic, Wave, Darkwave
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2.4K
Jul 1, 2009
07/09
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Reptile71
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In Dust: 2000 – 2003 is a compilation album existing of 11 tracks Dutch musician Paul Tetteroo recorded under project name Reptile71 over a period of three years. Though Reptile71 was clearly influenced by early 80’s new wave, minimal synth and post-punk bands such as Joy Division, New Order, The Cure, Cocteau Twins, Depeche Mode, (early) OMD, Talk Talk, (early) Simple Minds and The Wake (UK), and the more spiritual music like Dead Can Dance, he still managed to create a unique sound.
Topics: Darkwave, Alternative, Indie, Gothic, Wave
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827
Jul 16, 2010
07/10
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Shino
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A mixture of Johnny Cash and Lestat from "Chroniken der Vampire (Chronicles Of Vamire)" and therefore an utterly new and individual dimension of music getting under your skin and running through the blood straight to human’s hearts; being kept in a minimalistic way, yet so complex in its lively emotion and its sense of touching lyrics.
Topics: Acoustic, Piano, Darkwave, Alternative, Indie, Gothic, Wave, Shino, afmusic
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2.7K
Jan 1, 2009
01/09
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Der Zerfall
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Wave-Gitarren und FLIEHENDE STÜRME-Keyboardparts treffen zwischen EA80 und BLITZKID auf düstere Punktunes - dazwischen lassen frühe CHRISTIAN DEATH und die SUPER HEROINES grüßen. Die Debut-EP der Berliner Band DER ZERFALL ist ein Festmahl für Dark Punk-Fans. Das besondere daran ist das Gefühlsbad: Den warmen wavelastigen Cleanparts lauert stets eine Punkexplosion auf. Der Erstling der Haupstädter - betitelt wie die Band selbst - kommt stellenweise als waschechte Kreuzung aus 45 GRAVE...
Topics: Darkwave, Alternative, Post-Punk, Punk, Gothic, Wave, Deathrock, Batcave, Gothic-Rock
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18K
Jan 21, 2007
01/07
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All:My:Faults
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Previously unreleased EP This EP was the last promotional work before the temporary band-split end of 2005. After the last year online release "Secrets" this is the next step for all the fans of the band to download the complete history of songs.
Topics: All:My:Faults, Alternative, Indie, Rock, Darkwave, Gothic
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Sep 5, 2009
09/09
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Cyber Snake
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At Cyber Snake the name says it all: this international bandproject call their music Hi-Tech-Cyber-Industrial. But those of you expecting electronical music with some guitars in it, will be pretty surprised. The simple entitled debut “Internet Album” by Cyber Snake lives on its musical contrasts. Each song creates its own atmosphere, which acts in the ensemble as a collection of stories from different authors. With the variable voice of singer Muza, the fascinating texts and electronic and...
Topics: Alternative, Gothic, Gothic Rock, Industrial, Metal, afmusic
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968
Jun 8, 2018
06/18
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The Search
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One year after the release of “Songs about Losers”, the Swedish band The Search is back with ten new songs collected on the album “Echo”. This time the creative mind of the band Razmig Tekeyan brings the minimalistic sound to its top. “Echo” is a low-fi recording where the recorded demo tracks ended up being the final songs on the album; all songs sound more natural, as if played at home under a warm candle light with a guitar. In this calm atmosphere the listener is able to focus...
Topics: The Search, Indie, Pop, Rock, afmusic
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5.2K
Dec 30, 2008
12/08
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all:my:faults
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Early demo recordings from the Industrial Metal band all:my:faults. Sounds like: The Crüxshadows, De/Vision, Terminal Choice, L'âme Immortelle, Samsas Traum, Zeraphine, Zeromancer, Lacrimosa, Mantus, Silverchair, Cradle Of Filth, The Last Dance, The Fair Sex, Project Pitchfork, Alien Sex Fiend, The Offspring, Placebo... www.allmyfaults.com
Topics: Alternative, Electronic, Electro, Darkwave, Wave, Gothic, Gothic Rock, Alternative, Rock, afmusic
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15K
Aug 10, 2008
08/08
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Various Artists
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25 publications, more than 150,000 free downloads, bands from Germany, Sweden, Russia, Italy and Brazil - this is the shorthand for the fledgling Netlabel afmusic. Specialized in the rather gloomy sounds of Dark Wave, Gothic rock, Indie, Alternative and Industrial Rock, it's time for a brief look back...25, the summary of half a year working with great bands and an outlook on what will follow. And so on the compilation can be found previously unreleased pieces from The Forced Oscillations,...
Topics: Darkwave, Alternative, Indie, Gothic, Wave, Deathrock, Batcave, Gothic-Rock, Electronic
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746
May 14, 2012
05/12
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Junkyard + The Wings of Desire
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Out of the depths of Israel a sound is rising, which oneself rather had expected in the early times of No Wave and Post Punk. Junkyard + The Wings Of Desire come up with an airy sound, which was inspired by bands such as Bauhaus, The Cure and The Birthday Party. Boris' vocals, settled somewhere between deathrock and post punk, perfects the whole thing, together with the aimed electronic influences and makes it charming in its very own way. The guitars are mazy and straight at the same time,...
Topics: Goth, Goth Rock, Alternative, Indie, Rock, Wave, New Wave, Darkwave, Post Punk, Junkyard + The...
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3.0K
Jun 10, 2008
06/08
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The Forced Oscillations
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The band from Moscow, Russia. Formed in 2005 as duo. Early material was influenced by some Neue Deutsche Welle and oldschool EBM bands. Subsequently the sound changed to bass-driven atmospheric post-punk and purely electronic tracks were labeled as Tbilisi-89 side-project. There were some line-up changes since October 2007, and in March 2008 finally completed band started recording the current material. Sviatoslav Kaverin - guitar, voice, programming (4,5) Alexander Taran - bass (5) Vadim...
Topics: Darkwave, Alternative, Indie, Gothic, Wave, Gothic-Rock, Post-Punk
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938
Feb 18, 2011
02/11
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Shino
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A mix of Johnny Cash and Lestat from "The Vampire Chronicles", acoustic guitar and a clear voice, this is Shino's "Acoustic Gothic" - melancholic darkness finding their salvation by the light of deliberately taken emotions. A hand to accompany the listener through the depths of his own, brings him back to the surface in order to free him by the awakened consciousness of his own hell. The new album "Transition" is a collection of old and new songs. Shino creates for...
Topics: Gothic, Acoustic, Guitar, Singer, Songwriter, Indie, Shino, afmusic
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1.0K
Jun 26, 2011
06/11
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The Search
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It's been pretty silent about the swedish Indie-Rocker from THE SEARCH for a long time. After their successful album "Saturnine Songs" in 2008, first gigs in Germany and some changes in the band's line-up now the sympathic guys from tranquil Uppsala come up with a 6-CD-download-compilation "The Silverslut 2000-2002". From 2000 until 2002 THE SEARCH - formerly known as SILVERSLUT - recorded 6 EPs and autonomously published them in small numbers. The first two EPs "The...
Topics: Alternative, Indie, Rock, Pop, Wave, New Wave, Darkwave, The Search, afmusic
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476
Dec 12, 2011
12/11
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Duellen
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Who thinks, that Joakim Jakobsson after his his leaving from The Search keeps his feet still, will get taught better in an impressing way. DUELLEN offers with their self-titled debut EP finest Indie-Pop, which brings you to sing along with, even to the swedish lyrics. Some time passed by, after Joakim left the Indie-Pop Band The Search and decided, together with Brian Biezki - whom he met first in 2010 and who moved from argentina over spain to sweden, due to the scandinavian pop culture there...
Topics: Alternative, Indie, Rock, Pop, Wave, New Wave, Darkwave, Duellen, afmusic
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241K
Jan 13, 2008
01/08
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all:my:faults
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Still it's difficult to find the right stamp for the band all:my:faults. And as you can hear on the new album, steve:kiai's still able to arrange dark soundwaves and feelings with classical & modern Rocksounds. The press wrote about a band going new musical ways, but it seem's they've ignored the fact that this is nothing but the typical underground. With releases that solely by the content and less by the outer appearance reached a big audience worldwide. As a second vocalist & writer...
Topics: Alternative, Electronic, Electro, Darkwave, Gothic, Rock, Industrial, afmusic:, all:my:faults
Source: http://www.allmyfaults.info/
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1.3K
Sep 25, 2012
09/12
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Shino
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With "Wirbelsturm" ("whirlwind") SHINO comes up with a "live" album of a special kind. The album was recorded almost in one turn, with the focus on the authenticity, not on artificial sound quality. "Wirbelsturm" consists a lot of cover versions of russian songs, which mean a lot to SHINO, amongst others from Chaif, Grazhdanskaya Oborona and Kino. This all was recorded with a classic guitar and brings the listener into the situation, to experience the...
Topics: Gothic, Acoustic, Guitar, Singer, Songwriter, Indie, Shino, afmusic
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151K
Jun 10, 2008
06/08
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Noctiflora
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7 emotional songs for 3 years of walk... sounds, vibrations, experiments the love for the music and his purity the flower is still opened! www.noctiflora.net
Topics: Alternative, Electronic, Electro, Darkwave, Gothic, Rock, Industrial, afmusic
1,473
1.5K
May 22, 2012
05/12
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Louis Lingg and the Bombs
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2 years after their first album "Lullabies for Mutant Monkeys" the paris-based anarcho-pop-punk band Lous Lingg and the Bombs return in an impressing way with their new album "Alphabet of a Revolution". On 19 songs, which are rarely longer than 3 minutes, the punk-dance-party is celebrated, which is overflowing from your local illegal squat. This is the soundtrack for the anti-capitalist demonstration currently camped out in your city. This is the sound of people screaming...
Topics: Alternative, Punk, Pop, Rock, Punk Rock, afmusic, Louis Lingg And The Bombs
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804
Sep 22, 2011
09/11
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Deied
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15 months after the release of "Formation Of Chaos" the duo Deied, constisting of Din-Tah Æon and n1n0 (amongst others aeon sable, Melanculia), return with their new work "Tales Of Sodenliah". The album's protagonist strolls, in the name of mankind, through the valleys of the imaginary Sodenliah - on the search for answers of this society's questions. Mankind for the first time achieves, to enter the interior of the human mind and what comes across the main character's way...
Topics: Alternative, Electronic, Electro, Darkwave, Gothic, Indie, Newwave, Rock, Industrial, afmusic
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837
Jan 18, 2012
01/12
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The Nightchild
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It hasn't been that long, when the high flyers of the Nightchild, consisting of Alexey Nightchild A. (vocals, guitar, songwriting, programming) and Olga Holy Cat (bass), released their third album "Some Stories And Thoughts". Now the ukrainian couple already comes up with their new single "Dreammaster" for the upcoming album "The World Unseen, The World Unknown". The homonymous song appears twice on the download single - one time in the original version, featuring...
Topics: Gothic, Gothic Rock, Alternative, Indie, Darkwave, The Nightchild, afmusic
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3.2K
Oct 3, 2009
10/09
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The Forced Oscillations
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S.Kaverin - guitar, voice (1-8,10-12,15,16,18), bass (1,7,8,17), programming (1,5,6,17) A.Taran - bass (6) V.Maslov - programming (2-5,7,10-12), drums (15,16,18) S.Yun - guitar (2-6) A.Yelin - bass (2-5,10-13,15,16,18), voice (13) O.Zolotionkova - vocals (17) 1,7 - Acids EP (20.12.2008) 2-5 - On the Road EP (06.04.2009) 9-14 - Les monuments de tristesse EP (22.03.2009) 15,16,18 recorded live at Proekt OGI, Moscow, 18.11.2008
Topics: afmusic, Darkwave, Alternative, Indie, Gothic, Wave, Minimal, New Wave
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946
Oct 4, 2012
10/12
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Ghostfog
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After the successful debut album "Frightnights [Under Haunted Stars]" Ghostfog returns with the singer Seetha Rao from Mainz once again, to release the second part of "Bad Night Stories". As on the forerunner, the lyrics are very personal again, are related to current incidents and emotions and don’t save on it’s darkness. Musically the journey through the Raumzeit sounds more electronic, a bit more sterile and a bit lighter, without neglecting the familiar Ghostfog...
Topics: Electronic, Experimental, Ambient, Industrial, Darkwave, Gothic, Wave, Ghostfog, afmusic
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31K
Nov 14, 2006
11/06
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All:My:Faults
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"Here, at the beginning of the end..." ...these first words are representative for the upcoming release which will be an only-online-album. The conscious break with conventional "music marketing strategies", going own ways and the return to what distinguished this kind of music for many decades these are the bands intensions. Acting in the underground, winning fans all over the world, just with the music. Still its hard for some people to find a genre a:m:f would fit into,...
Topics: Darkwave, All:My:Faults, All My Faults, Alternative, Electro, Electronic, Indie, Gothic
Source: http://www.allmyfaults.info/
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1.9K
Nov 26, 2010
11/10
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Plastic People
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A homage to Plastic Bertrand and Village people? Maybe! Maybe not! After great adventures, the 'Naked Man' has got dressed again to leave place to a plastic human, who is not lacking in emotion. Then, Sébastien began to create songs with influences of post punk, rock and electro, mixing music, visuals and imaginary memories from the Stonewall riots. Sandy, the other part of Naked Man, is never very far away and regularly ready to write something. Always between the past and the present,...
Topics: Wave, New Wave, Dark, Indie, Alternative, Gothic, Electronic, Plastic People, afmusic
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901
Nov 7, 2010
11/10
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Verlustprinzip
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VERLUSTPRINZIP is much more than just music...it's a construction of sound, expressions and art in the form of pictures and projections, which impresses with a very specific and distinct sound, that cannot be pigeonholed. Challenging lyrics meet subtle sounds and terrific basslines that are piled up high with vast effects. VERLUSTPRINZIP takes you on a sound journey. The very beginning happened in a living-room in Leipzig as Andrés one-man project. It's been endless hours in which ideas and...
Topics: Electro, Experimental, New Wave, Darkwave, Gothic, Wave, Lyrical, Verlustprinzip, afmusic
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558
Sep 4, 2011
09/11
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Lovegrenade
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Lovegrenade are a garage-psych-rock band from Tel Aviv (Israel), consisting of Dudi Malka (guitar, bass, vocals), Eran Nave (guitar, bass vocals) and Itay Sendowski (drums, keyboard, vocals). Their first album was recorded in a 24 hour live session in their studios, assisted by mastermind Charlie Megira, the so-called psych-rockabilly god. It contains 14 songs with different styles, meanings and creative horizons. The second album is already in progress, so warm up for pleasure for your ears....
Topics: Post Punk, Garage, Alternative, Indie, Rock, Pop, Wave, New Wave, Darkwave, Lovegrenade, afmusic
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659
May 13, 2011
05/11
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Christine Plays Viola
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Christine Plays Viola is an italian band that blends Goth Rock, Darkwave and Post Punk in a convincing way and was formed in Pratola Peligna (Italy) in 2008 as a brainchild of three boys. After a very few minor changes of band-members in the first time today they complete each other pretty well as a highly motivated foursome. Since the very beginning their music offers a melancholic, multi-layered and evocative sound which comes along in the good old tradition of bands like The Cure, Fields Of...
Topics: Christine Plays Viola, Darkwave, Alternative, Indie, Gothic, Wave, Deathrock, Batcave, Gothic-Rock,...
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591
Jun 26, 2010
06/10
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Mach FoX
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"Nu Dead Pretty" is a joyous, chaotic return to his introspective music which combines fantasy and science, future and past. This release features 6 varied styles, the core being its basic vocal track, and its soul has been ably captured in each version. Mach FoX recruits fantastic creatures into his army to uncover powerful new versions where careful detail and artistry create lush worlds. The real joy comes from being entrenched in Mach FoX's world complete with menacing foes and...
Topics: Alternative, Rock, Industrial, Electropunk, Mach FoX, afmusic
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2.2K
Dec 5, 2009
12/09
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Camp Z
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The music of Camp Z aims at reflecting the mood and tones of the present time, through a combination of punk, post punk and industrial atmospheres. Among major references of the project’s music are Crisis, Killing Joke, This Heat, Joy Division, Devo, Suicide, Ministry, PIL or Wire... The first self-product album was released in May 2006, supported by Fake Record, an independent label founded by Joy Disaster’s Nicolas Rohr and friends. In late 2006 the project also appeared on several...
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Topics: Postpunk, Indie, Wave, Darkwave, Experimental
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532
Apr 23, 2012
04/12
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The Quinsy
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Only a short while after the successful release of their debut album "The Violet Day", which was released on Valentine's day on afmusic as a free download, the Quinsy return with a single, that introduces a new album. As usual, The Quinsy offer dark post punk, which partly reminds of The Exploding Boy, but not even for a second losing its own charm. Guitars, that stay in your ear, a deep voice, which leads the listener through the songs... "You Know I'm Sick" continues the...
Topics: Gothic, Gothic Rock, Alternative, Indie, Rock, New Wave, Darkwave, The Quinsy, afmusic
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614
Sep 26, 2011
09/11
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Defekt 86
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It's been almost two years since defekt 86 released their album "Ultramarin". Finally now there's new material. Many may have thought, that there won't be any further releases anymore, in return this release seems the more interesting. The digital maxi-single "Suicide Hero" contains two songs: The title track is a loud uptempo song with the obligatory driving bass, noisy guitars in the refrain and electronic sound effects, which strain your ears quite hard, from time to...
Topics: Post Punk, Garage, Alternative, Indie, Rock, Pop, Wave, New Wave, Darkwave, Defekt 86, afmusic
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403
May 20, 2017
05/17
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The Silence Industry
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The Silence Industry's "Brother Sing, Sister Shout (and other conspiracies)" was initially released in 2014 on Enough Records. The release contains 7 new tracks of their signature sound blending elements of Gothic Rock with prog, noise, dream-pop and folk influences.
Topics: afmusic, Gothic Rock, Alternative Rock, Prog, Post Punk, Ambient, Noise, Psychedelic
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3.1K
Jun 27, 2009
06/09
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Smoke Fish
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Smoke Fish is composed of 4 members, Shay (Guitar /Voice, Keyboards), an Israeli arrived in Brittany (France) in 2003 after backpacking around the world, Jonathan (Guitar, Keyboards), PY (Drums) and Jean Se (Bass). The quartet's common influences, such as David Bowie, The Pixies, Pavement, Pulp or even Queen gave birth to a dynamic, genuine and high energy Pop-Rock. Exploring a vast musical range, from acoustic ballads to more full-on rock material with slight touches of oriental and electronic...
Topics: Alternative, Indie, Rock, Pop, Independend
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5.9K
Apr 7, 2009
04/09
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(((S)))
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(((S))) is a one man project from the foggy streets of Copenhagen, Denmark. This anonymous black and white phantom artist releases his debut album "GHOST" in april 2009. Maybe you've already been lucky enough to hear his music - the snowtime single "Ghost in the snow" - on the Christmas sampler "Howly night" from AF Music? This new record "GHOST" consists of 11 melodic, guitardriven, sad, beathaunted and beautiful songs. They all deal with the obscurity...
Topics: Darkwave, Alternative, Indie, Gothic, Wave, Deathrock, Batcave, Gothic-Rock
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Jul 23, 2009
07/09
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Confusion Is Next
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"The Generation of This Order" by CONFUSION IS NEXT. Recorded /mixed /mastered in May / June 2009 by Matteo Magni @ Truckstudio, Seregno, Italy. Produced by CONFUSION IS NEXT. All songs by CONFUSION IS NEXT, lyrics by Matteo Radice. Artworks by Matteo Radice. Published in free version on Trastienda Netlabel and afmusic in July / August 2009. Available in a deluxe version featuring two pdf booklets, flac or hi quality mp3 encoding + 1 extra track @ afmusic mp3 shop in August 2009! For...
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Nov 19, 2010
11/10
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Dark Souls Day
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"X-Lives", the debut album of the greek band Dark Souls Day, dovetails with all releases that were influenced by Post-Punk and Independent Music of the 80s and 90s. The album encloses 7 songs, which are worth to be dicovered and heard. Dark Souls Day was founded in 2004 by the musicians Nikos and Pepi. Nikos, who's been playing with some different bands in the past, devoted himself to music production owns a small home-studio, where already some albums originated. To instance just one...
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Topics: Dark, Indie, Alternative, Gothic, Gothic-Rock, Dark Souls Day, afmusic
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Sep 27, 2008
09/08
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Botany Bay
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Melancholic and fragile pop songs which can explode already at the next moment with all their strength, carrying Trip-Hop as well as World Music influence in themselves, enriched by classical arrangements and jazz-influenced experiments... a categorisation of Botany Bay is none too easy However, maybe a categorisation is also not so important at all - importantly it is for Stephan Kleinert (instruments, voc) and Laura Dietrich (voc, key) before all things, to produce emotional and atmospheric...
Topics: Darkwave, Folk, Alternative, Indie, Gothic, Wave, Electronic
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Jan 29, 2013
01/13
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LisaWars
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The saxon band LisaWars finally return after almost 3 years, in which they only released the singles "Wo warst du?" and "Die Angst in deinen Augen", with their new longplayer "Nichts". Started in the year 2002, Jens (Keys, Synths) and Micha (Guitar, Vocals) play their very own vision of gloomy music. Far off of blinkers LisaWars mixes a cocktail consisting of New Wave, Goth and Punk. Bizarre german lyrics, that partly remind at classics such as Grauzone or Die Art,...
Topics: Alternative, Darkwave, Gothic, Indie, New Wave, Rock, Post Punk, afmusic, LisaWars
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Mar 7, 2013
03/13
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Gruftschlampen
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With the free download of the album "Monotonie & Gebete" (Monotony & Prayers) the Gruftschlampen (Crypt sluts) boarded the hearts of the Fans of bizarre music. Now the berlin-based duo returns with their new EP "Raben", which will be available as a free download from March 8th 2013 on and offers the prelude to the upcoming album. What you will receive is finest dark punk, that will stir the inveterate Deathrocker's heart. Dirty, dark, provocative... That's how the...
Topics: Deathrock, Post Punk, Gothic, Gothic Rock, Alternative, Indie, Darkwave, Gruftschlampen, afmusic
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Aug 3, 2009
08/09
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Various Artists
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PROMOTEXT:RELEASEINFO date: 2009-08-04 subject: afmusic #50 Within just one year afmusic got off to a lightning start. The most innovative netlabel in Germany for Darkwave, Gothic and Independent Music celebrates on the label founder Falk Merten's birthday their release-anniversary and distributes big presents to their fans - and that are 16 in number on this fiftieth publication. All are on this Anniversary-Compilation "AFMUSIC #50". Exactly one dozen of it are previously unreleased...
Topics: Alternative, Electronic, Electro, Darkwave, Coldwave, Wave, Gothic, Gothic Rock, Industrial, Indie,...
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Feb 11, 2012
02/12
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Gruftschlampen
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The band GRUFTSCHLAMPEN were formed 2009 by Brita Endlichkeit (Vocals) and Kokel (Guitar, Bass, Programming). Musically Gruftschlampen call themselves a mixture of Dark Punk and New Wave, while the relation to Deathrock is not to miss. Though the quite deathrockish sound, Gruftschlampen attach importance to write their lyrics in german, which, combinend with Brita’s dominating-moanful vocals, gives the music a very special character and shows, how unique Gruftschlampen are. Already in 2010...
Topics: Deathrock, Post Punk, Gothic, Gothic Rock, Alternative, Indie, Darkwave, Gruftschlampen, afmusic
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Jan 16, 2009
01/09
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Curious
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New music for the wave-gothic-dancefloor but also for a comfortableevening near the fireplace with a glass of red wine! CURIOUS started as a "The Cure"-coverband back in 1999 but soon beganwriting their own songs. After a self-produced EP called "Falling" (2002) their official debutalbum "The Intimate Stranger" was launched in 2004 on the Genetic Music label and was well received by many fans and critics. Further, Curious was able to win new fans with their...
Topics: Darkwave, Alternative, Indie, Gothic, Wave
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Oct 10, 2010
10/10
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Rebentisch
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Am 30.04.2010 veröffentlichte der Berliner Ausnahmekünstler REBENTISCH sein aktuelles Album “Unter der Stadt”. Er feierte darauf eine Party mit Freunden, auf der es dunkel-bunt, kreativ-verrückt, lyrisch-anspruchsvoll, erotisch-romantisch und provokant-ironisch zuging. “Unter der Stadt” ist verruchtes, liebenswertes, durchgeknalltes, zeitloses, intelligentes, elektronisches und vor allem gefühlvolles, romantisches Cabaret mit New Wave Appeal, wie es nur aus Berlin kommen kann. Jetzt...
Topics: New Wave, Darkwave, Gothic, Wave, Dance, Techno, DJ-Mix, Rebentisch, afmusic
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Oct 30, 2012
10/12
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Sociophobia
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As his many projects (a. o. The Nightchild, Gentle Zombies, Andromeda Eye) wouldn't be enough, the ukrainian exceptional artist Nightchild A. commits himself to deathrock in a modern vesture with SOCIOPHOBIA. Vocals in the traditional Rozz Williams-style meet aimed guitars and excellent keyboard work here. The album, which was self-released as a free download some time ago, has reached cult status and elates new fans day by day. With "What's The News?" Sociophobia offer an elegant...
Topics: Goth, Goth Rock, Alternative, Indie, Rock, Wave, New Wave, Darkwave, Post Punk, Sociophobia, afmusic
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Dec 22, 2008
12/08
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Various Artists
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Sometimes it seems like you stand alone with a vision in your life. And sometimes two have the same without knowing each other. In case of afmusic and Zorch Factory Records it is the promotion of talented newcomer bands basically from the Gothic-, Post-Punk and New Wave genre. The more both got to know and estimate each other the clearer it became a logical consequence to work together. The consequence of this collaboration is the now available compilation 'Howly Night', which is much...
Topics: Alternative, Electronic, Electro, Darkwave, Coldwave, Wave, Gothic, Gothic Rock, Alternative, Rock,...
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Jun 8, 2018
06/18
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afmusic
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It's been 10 years since we started the label; a lot has changed, and a lot hasn't. Who would have thought that a small net label would have lasted this long? Formed in 2008 as a digital label, we have successfully established the strategy to offer a large part of the repertoire as a net label under a free license. Now, we can look back at more than 150 releases which can still be found at archive.org. Next to those, there have been more than 100 CD or Vinyl releases in the Dark Wave-,...
Topics: afmusic, compilation, indie, gothic, rock, alternative, punk, electro
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Feb 20, 2008
02/08
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Split Seconds
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Split Seconds steht seit März 2007 für Rockballaden im typisch britischen Stil von Bands wie Coldplay oder The Cure - ohne dabei ihren eigenem Charme zu verlieren. Wave Fans der ersten Stunde werden bei der ersten Single "So sad about it all" voll auf ihre Kosten kommen und können in Erinnerungen vergangener Zeiten schwelgen. Die Single werden wir am 22.02.2008 weltweit im Internet als kostenfreien Download verfügbar machen. Für das äußerst gelungene Artwork zeichnet sich...
Topics: Alternative, Electronic, Electro, Darkwave, Gothic, Rock, Industrial, afmusic
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Apr 9, 2009
04/09
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The SlimP
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THE SLIMP are one of these bands whose output is worth a best-of after a few years yet. Last year, the band from Cologne released the compilation "Recall 2003 - 2005" to share a review on their own creations with their growing number of supporters. In 2009, the THE SLIMP are looking into the future again - and the new record shows, that a look back can as well be a look ahead: "Wavelands" sends cosy shivers down your spine like we remember from our favourite bands of the...
Topics: Darkwave, Alternative, Indie, Gothic, Wave, Deathrock, Batcave, Gothic-Rock
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Jun 25, 2013
06/13
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The Nightchild
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The Nightchild enchant their fans with their very own sound, leaned at the traditional gothrock, for years, already. After the album "The World Unseen, The World Unknown", which was released in November 2012, there was a lot of silence, but now the Ukrainian duo is back with the Single-EP "Memories". It consists the title track, a coverversion of the song "127.0.0.1" of the Ukranian cult band Sweet Sixty Nine as well as the Cabo De Gata remix of...
Topics: Gothic, Gothic Rock, Alternative, Indie, Darkwave, The Nightchild, afmusic
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Oct 3, 2011
10/11
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The Open Up And Bleeds
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What or who do you think of, when you hear "The Open Up and Bleeds"? Words like open up or bleed cause some grim thoughts. After intensive listening to the album, you just feel very enthusiastic about it. Enthusiasm about an album full of strength and passion called "An act of love and violence". What we got here, are four life-experienced men who got together in Stockholm in 2006. Together they created that what they represent with each and every song of "Open Up and...
Topics: Post Punk, Garage, Alternative, Indie, Rock, Pop, Wave, New Wave, Darkwave, The Open Up And Bleeds,...
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Feb 12, 2012
02/12
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The Quinsy
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The Russian post-punk band THE QUINSY was formed at the very beginning of XXI century by Vladimir 4.44 Tkebuchava. The band started performing in several Saint-Petersburg underground clubs, such as RED CLUB. But mostly, there were only small electrowave underground parties, as back then the band sound was close to electronic one. In 2005 the Quinsy experienced a lot of hardships and was nearly at the end, but eventually the new members and new sound contributed to the band’s complete revival....
Topics: Gothic, Gothic Rock, Alternative, Indie, Darkwave, The Quinsy, afmusic
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Aug 22, 2011
08/11
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The Nightchild
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With 'Some Stories and Thoughts' the ukrainian couple 'The Nightchild', consisting of Alexey Nightchild A. (vocals, guitar, keyboard, programming) and Olga 'Holy Cat' (bass), herald a new era in the band's history. Though they've just released their re-release of 'Another Shadow' together with the 'With Me'-EP not even halfa year ago, as their afmusic debut, the band appears with brand new material already. This time they offer much more perfected classic gothic rock, including their own...
Topics: Gothic, Gothic Rock, Alternative, Indie, Rock, Darkwave, The Nightchild, afmusic
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Jul 9, 2012
07/12
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Nightchild A.
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After some great achievements with his Band The Nightchild and his solo project Sociophobia, mastermind Nightchild A. turns to different paths, to express his creativity in different ways. "Images" is his little work, which comes up as an instrumental 6-track-EP. In contrast to The Nightchild or Sociophobia, this EP doesn't limit itself to dark sounds only, but is a complete experiment, with songs, inspired by other musicians and songs, spiced with Nightchild A.'s really own note,...
Topics: Goth, Goth Rock, Alternative, Indie, Rock, Wave, New Wave, Darkwave, Post Punk, Nightchild A.,...
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Mar 16, 2011
03/11
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The Silence Industry
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Meanwhile "Permanent Crisis" is the 6th release of The Silence Industry. The 5-song EP continues what has begun with the parent "The Teeth of Tomorrow". Complex guitars in gothic rock robe, combined with elaborate bass riffs, offer a thrilling feeling of angst. As the title "Permanent Crisis" reveals, it is a very pessimistic release. Though the desire and the yearning are present in every moment, as everyone awaits it from The Silence Industry. A more than...
Topics: The Silence Industry, Darkwave, Alternative, Indie, Gothic, Wave, Deathrock, Batcave, Gothic-Rock,...
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Oct 4, 2011
10/11
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Tobias Borelius
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With the help of producer Carl Granberg and musician from Malmö and Lund Tobias Borelius from Emerald Park (Malmö, Sweden) has recorded a solo album with Swedish lyrics. “Du känner mig för väl, farväl” ("You know me too well, goodbye") is a musical tapas table - small pithy and tasty songs spiced with humor, love, earnest and cynicism. The musical theme of the record is the old analog synthesizers, the Nord Lead and the acoustic guitar. Where Emerald Park sometimes goes...
Topics: Indie, Electronica, Pop, Singer, Songwriter, Tobias Borelius, afmusic
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Sep 5, 2009
09/09
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Die Schatten
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Solanum - nightshades - is the third album by the mystic dark pop band DIE SCHATTEN from Berlin (Germany). It focuses on different nightly feeling experiences. Feelings are more pronounced in the night. This intensity of humans experience is served on the third album also by the typical floating synth sounds and the powerful guitar combined with the particular german lyrics of DIE SCHATTEN. The songs are partially even from the first creative phase of the band, but were completely rearranged...
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May 11, 2010
05/10
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Danish Daycare
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Since his main band Emerald Park released their album "For Tomorrow" in February as free download, the Swede Daniel Jönsson follows up with his solo project and will release the album in fall as a free download under a Creative Commons license at afmusic and 23 Seconds as well. In addition to the 10 songs there is a bonus track on the reissue – the single-B-Side "The Man In White". www.af-music.de www.23seconds.org www.myspace.com/danishdaycare
Topics: 23Seconds, afmusic, Pop, Indie, Gothic, Wave, Darkwave, Danish Daycare
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Feb 12, 2011
02/11
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Curious
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"Arrhythhmia" was published on Sonorium in November 2008 as the second and for now also last longplayer creation by CURIOUS. At the same time afmusic published the net-single "Days" under a Creative Commons License. Songs like "Days", "To Run With The Hare And Hunt With The Hounds" or "J. Mary (Sweetheart)" put dancefloors in motion just like the song "Thrill B" that was released earlier as a bonus track. "Resurrection",...
Topics: Gothic, Gothic-Rock, Post-Punk, Death-Rock, Batcave, Coldwave, Darkwave, Wave, Indie, Alternative,...
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Topics: Postpunk, Indie, Wave, Darkwave
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Jun 20, 2011
06/11
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Waiting In Vain
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It's done! Waiting in Vain (WiV) turns over a new leaf full of passion, dedication and yearnings: a new chapter of Rockmatic-Pop. The new Awake Again EP is a consistent orientation towards the new sound of WiV - making no compromises. Electro Rock in a neat combination of basic electronic elements, heavy guitars and the keen sense of memorable melodies. Everyone who likes the previous album ['leila] will dig the Awake Again EP. The title song Awake Again denotes a tribute to life, mutual...
Topics: Waiting In Vain, afmusic, Pop, Indie, Gothic, Wave, Darkwave, Electro, Electronic, Electro Rock,...
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Mar 28, 2010
03/10
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Light In Your Life
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In June last year Light in Your Life from the introspective Uppsala (Sweden) won much favour for fans of gloomy and melancholic guitarmusic with their self-titled debut album. In early April those five get ready to capture not only the hearts of the fans, but also the stages of northern Europe and so they come over here for 2 dates in Germany. With the fully digital 4-Track EP “Geldof Remixes”, which will be released on 29.03.2010 at afmusic (GER), Zorch Factory Records (FR) and Trastienda...
Topics: Darkwave, Alternative, Post-Punk, Punk, Gothic, Wave, Deathrock, Batcave, Gothic-Rock, afmusic
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Oct 3, 2011
10/11
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Bernie Bandicoot
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Bernie Bandicoot is an Ukrainian gothic rock group which was formed in late 2009, with Bernie (vocals, guitars), Deamon (bass) and Adrian Cain (drums). Their style of music is very close to early 80?s dark post-punk, it offers some new wave and classic rock influences, especially on the guitar work. The overall mood is romantic and melacholic. Barely Bernie Bandicoot celebrated the release of their debut album on afmusic, so the story of the band ends already. But this time not without giving...
Topics: Post Punk, Garage, Alternative, Indie, Rock, Pop, Wave, New Wave, Darkwave, Bernie Bandicoot,...
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